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TT Th“ following lines, full of life and energy,are
{ from the pen of Capt. Albert Pike, of the Arkansas Ca !
vnlry. The w riter valiantly participated in the bailie
which be »o spiritedly describee.
IIUI2IVA VISTA.
PT ALBERT PIKE, OF THE ARKANSAS CAVALRY.
From Rio Grande’s waters to llie icy lakes of Maine,
],«t all exult tor w e have met the enemv airain;
Be ueath their stern old mountains, We have luet them in
their pride.
And ro led from Ilacua Vista back the battle’s bloody
tide.
When the enemy came surging, like the Mississippi’s
flood.
And ihe reaper, Death, was busy with hissickle rid with
blood,
Bauta Anna boasted loudly , that before two hours acre
past.
Hu L.ncers through Saltillo thoultl pursue us thick and
• fast.
On r.amc his solid infantry ,line m arching after line-
Lo, ihci- great stamlaids in the sun, like sheets of silver
stine;
With tlroueands upon thousands—yea,with more than
four la one.
A forest of bright bayonets gleamed fiercely hi thcsiin.
Lo! Guanajuato's rrpimrnl—Lo! Puebla’* boasted corps.
And Guadalajara’s chosen troops! uii veterans tried be
fore;
And galloping upon the right, four thousand lancers
fie tin,
V\ hero waving in the morning light, their blood-red
pennons stream. •
And then bis stern srtillerwclimbs up the broad plateau,
To-day he means to strike at us an overwhelming blow ;
Now hold us strongly to the heights, for lo! the mighty
tide
Comes thundering like an avalanche, deep, terrible and
wide.
Now,lllinois! stand steady! now, Kentucky! to tbeiraid!
F ora portion of our line, alls! is broken and dismayed:
A regiment offugitives is fleeing from the field,
' And the day is lost if Illinois and brave Kentucky yield.
f ’’
One of O’Brien’s gtrhsis "one: on, on their masses drift,
And their infantry and lancers now are passing round
u r In ft;
troops are driven from the hills and flee in w ild dis
vj*P»=,'y.
round us gather thick and dark the Mexican array.
Santa Anna thinks the day is gained—and rolling yet
more near
Miaon’s dark cloud of lancers, sternly menaces our rear;
Now, Lincoln, gallant ntiemnu! lies deal upon the
fl. Id.
Who strove to stay these men that in the storm, of bullets
reeled.
Now, Washington fire fast and true! fire, Sherman, fast
■nd far!
Lo! Bragg comes thundering to the front, to breast the
adve-se war!
B■’nta Anna thinks the day is gained—on,onhis rinsses
crowd.
And the roar of battle risesup more terrible and loud.
Not ret! our brave old General comes to regain the (lay;
Kentucky to the rescue! Mississippi tothe fray!
Now charge,btave lllinoians! galla..t Da\ is drives the foe,
And back before hi* rifles the red waves of lancers flow.
tlpon them yet once more, ray braves! the avalanche is
stayed; [mayed.
B'ck roils the Mexn?ue multitude, all broken uua dis
llr*. May! to Buena Vista! for the enemy are near,
And we have none there who can stop their vehement
car<o*.
Still swelling downward comes the tide: Porter end Yell
are slain; [in vain:
Marshall before him drives a part, but still they charce
And now in wild confuaio mixed, pursuers and pursued,
Onto Saltillo wildly drifts a frantic multitude,
Upon them with your squadron*, Maj-.' out leap* the Aim
ing steel; {reel;
Before his serred column how the frightened lancers
They flee amain: now tt> the left to stay their triumph
there,
Or else the day is eurely lostinhorror and despair.
For their hosts arc pouring swiftly on, like a river in the
erring. ” ' [ing
Ourflank is turned, and on their left our cannon thumler-
Kow, brave Artilleryljbold Dragoons! steady, my men.
and ealni, [gallant arm!
Through rain, cold, hail and thunder; now nerve each
What though their shot fall round us here, still thicker
than the hail, [the gale.
We'll stand against them as the reck stands firm against
Lo! their battery is silenced now; our iron hail still show
ers:
They fa’tcr. halt, retreat—hurra! the glorious dry is ours;
Now charge again, Santa Anna, or the day is surely lo»t;
Far back, like broken waves, along our left your hordes
are tossed. [on —
still louder roar hts batteries—his strorc reserve moves
Wore work is there before you,men, ere the good fight is
won.
Nowforyotir wives and children, men! stand ready yet
once more: [before
Now for vonr live*, your honor, fight as you have fought
Ho! Hardin breastsit bravely ! McKee and Bissf-Il there
Stand firm before the storm of balls, that fid the aston
ished air.
TheUncers are upon them, too—the foe swarms ten to
one; [sun,
Hardin is slain—McKee and Clay the last time see the
And many another gallant heart in that last desperate fray
Grow cold, its last thoughts turning to its loved ones far
away.
stdl suddenly the e.amion roared—hut died away at last,
And o’er the dsad and dying camo tha evening shadow*
fast; [silver shield.
And then above the mountains rose the cold moon's
A u«i patiently and pityingly looked down upon the field:
And careless of his wounded, and neglectful of hie dead,
P'ispairingipv nd sullen, in the night Santa Anna fled.
And thne on Buena Vista’s heights a long day’s work was
doua.
And thus our brave old General another battle won.
And still our glorious banner waves, unstained by flight
or shame, [name
And the Mexicans among their bills still tremble at our
8o honor un'o those that stood! disgrace io those th.it fled,
And everlasting glory to the brave and gallant dead’
[ prom the Southern Recorder .]
Tnr. Supreme adjourned at noon on ;
Friday last —having disposed of all the business
before it. We give the decisions, in brief, which
were made at this term:
W. N. Kirkpatrick, Guard., &c. Pi’ff in Error.
VB.
John Davidson, Def’c. in Error.
Trover tend Conversion--From Jasper Superior
Court.
TFefd—That a trust in personalty may be de
clared and proved by parol.
That a limitation of personalty by parol is not
Jdnd. Such limitation, to be good, must be evi
enced by writing.
Judgment below affirmed.
.Dawson & McHenry, for Pl’ff.
J. Hill, for Deft.
Trifpc &- Slade. Hudson & Thomas, et. al.
Plaintiff’s in Error,
vs.
Win. V. McGehoe, Elizabeth Low, Uriah Ward,
et. al Defendants.
Bill to cancel deed—Demurrer—from Putnam.
fjtld Where a voluntary conveyance was
made to a trustee for the use of the wife and
* children of a debtor, that on a bill being filed by
pre-existing creditors against the trustee, the
ecitui quc trust arvl the adiniiHstrator of the
grantor, lo set aside such conveyance, a demur
er to the same, on the ground that the creditors
have a common-law remedy against the trustee
as executor dt son tort, -cannot be sustained; as
in such cases of fraud, Ejuity has concurrent
jurisdiction, and the party may elect his course.
Judgment below reversed.
Cone and Wingfield, for Plaintiffs.
J. Hill, for Defendants,
swxnmmrmi ■11 yip '■MwafppMi ■# ihm
W. L. Edmunuson. Plaintiff in Error,
vs.
John H. Dyson, Trustee, Defendant.
Bill in Equi yto Convey— From Wilkes Supe
rior Court.
Held— I hat a deviseto A. in trust for B. for
life, and at his death to convey to whomsoever B.
by will should appoint, and if B. should die in
testate, then to convey to the heir or heirs at law
oi B. absolutely with power in the trustee to sell
and rc-invest the property vvasa n executory trust,
and const quentlv was not subject to the rule in {
Shelley’s case.
Held further— That the terms ‘heir or heirs at
law’ in the above devise, are words of purchase
and not of limitation.
Judgment below reversed.
W.-Dougherty and T. R. R. Cobb, for Plain
tiff. ' #
Toombs and Cone, for Defendant.
Kenan & Rockwell, Plaintiffs in Error,
vs.
John J. Miller, Defendant in Error.
Bill for Discovery, Relief, if-c. Demurer
From Baldwin.
Held -That the attorneys of record are impro
perly joined as parties, where there is no allega
j Lon of fraud or combination with their clients.
That the judgment of a Court of competent
jurisdiction at law, cannot be set aside in equity
on the ground of an error in the Court whereby
the judgment was obtained.
Judgment below reversed.
Kenan & Rockwell, Plaintiffs.
Cone, and Harris &. Day, for Defls.
James M. Turley and Martha Griffin,
Plaintiffs in Error.
vs.
i Elisha Moore, Defendant in Error,
i Scire Facias against Bail in Civil Action-From
Taliaferro.
Held—l. That a surrender by bail cfb.is prin
i ripal during term time, under the statute of this
j State, must be made in Court; and that the fart
can he made legally to appear only by the records
of the. Court.
2. Thati»y the statute ofthis State, bail does
not become absolutely fixed upon the return of
non cst inventus on the capias ad satisfaciendum]
hut that the surrender is matter of legal right up
to the rendition of final judgment on the scire
facias , and that the death of the principal at any
time before final judgment on the sci. fa. operates
as a discharge of the hail.
Judgment below reversed.
Linton Stephens for Plaintiffs in Error.
James Thomas, for Defendant in Error.
John W. Carter Wife, Plaintiffs in Error,
vs.
Wm. R. Route, Defendant in Error.
The Same vs. George P. Buchanan.
Held That a writ of error upon a judgment
at common law, w ill not He entertained where an
appeal has been enteied and is still pending in
the Court below.
Writ of Error dismissed.
Andrews & GartnM, tor Plaintiff.
Stephens, Toomb., Cone and Reese, forDef’t.
Seaborn J. Saftold, Pl’fVin Error,
vs.
Christopher Keenon, Def’t in Error;
Rule ft is i—From Morgan.
Judgment below affirmed.
N. G. Foster for Plaintiff.
Reese & McHenry, and Cone, for Def’t.
Jas Long, et al Pl’ff in fi fa and attachment, and
Plaintiffs in Error,
vs.
Berkley Si n?;, Def t and K. Strickland, clai
inent, Defendants in Error.
Claim— From Madison Superior Court.
Held— That a writ of error is amendable, but
will nor he amended so as to insert another par
tv, unless by written consent ofthe party sought
to be inserted, and a waiver of service under the
21st rule ofCourt.
W rit of Error dismissed.
Giles Mitchell and T. R. R. Cobb, for Plain
! tiff
W. L. Mitchell, for Defendant.
Will iam Fish, Plaintiff in Error,
v s.
Chapman & Ross, Defendants in Error.
Case— From Washington Superior Court.
Held— That a wagoner who carries goods oc
casionally, ami Upon contracts made by himself,
is not a common carrier, at common law.
That common carriers (viz: Rail Road and
Steamboat companies, &c..) cannot, either by no
tice or special contract, limit their liability; and
that they are responsible in all events, except for
inevitable accidents and irresistible force -- nr, in
other words, the nets of G< d or the public enemy
—but may upon notice require their customers to
make known the character of the goods, or pack
ages, when delivered to them.
That a carrier, under a special contract, mav
make himself liable as a common carrier and that
a cotract to deliver goods in like order , unavoida
ble accidents excepted, issUch a special contract.
That the Supreme Court w»ll presume the
; Judge below to speak with reference to the facts
I ofthe case before him; and although the charge
1 to tiie Jury may be technically erroneous, if the
facts of the case, undisputed, render the liability
j of the party the same as charged by the Court,
i the Supreme Court will not grant a new trial on
j the ground«of misdirection.
Judgment below affirmed.
Geo. W. Fish, for Plaintiff in Error.
Thomas and Johnstone, for Defendant.
Jas. B. Nickelson, Plaintiff in Error,
vs.
The State ofGcorgia, Defendant in Error.
Scire facias- -from Greene Superior Court.
Held, that a recognizance for the appearance
ofa pnrtv at Court, to answer for an offence,
should specify the crime charged : and that parol
evidence is inaslmissable to supply the omisoion.
Judgment below reversed.
F. H.Cone, for Plaintiff in Error.
Ashuist, Sol. Gen., for Defendant.
Win. Hurt, Plaintiff in Error,
vs.
Jno. M. Mason, Defendant in Error.
Illegality—from Hancock Superior Court.
Held , that a second affidavit of illegality can
not be filed in a case, for cause which existed at
the time ofthe filing oftheJtrsL
Judgment below reversed.
James Thomas, for Plaintiffin Error,
D. W. Lewis, for Defendant.
Jno. R. Anderson, et al. Plaintiffs in Error,
vs.
Geo. W. Crawford. Gov. A'C. Def’t. in Error,
Debt on Bond—from Baldwin Superior Court.
Held —That an Agent or Trustee is responsi
ble for interest on a balance ascertained in set
tlement.
That a bond payable by an Agent ofthe Cen
tral’Bank to the Governor ofthe State is good.
Judgment below affirmed.
Hardeman, Harris fc Day. and Cone, for Pl’ffs.
Rockwell & Kenan, for Defendant.
[From the Washington Union.]
OFFICIAL.
The following very interesting despatch
from Major General Scott was received
at the War office, by thisevening’s south
ern boat. We hasten to lay it before our
readers:
Head quarters ofthe Army,
Plan del Rio, 50 miles from Vera fritz.
April 19, 1847.
Sir: The plan of attack, sketched in
General Orders, No. 111, [publishedin
last evening’s “Union,”] herewith, was
finally executed by this gallant army,
before two o’clock, p. m., yesterday. We
are quite embarrassed with the results of
victory—prisoners of war, heavy ordnance
field batteries, small arms, and accoutre
ments. About 3,000 men laid down their
arms with the usual proportion of field
and company officers, besides fire gener
al*, several of them of groat distinction.
Pinson, Jarrero, La \ ega, Xoriega, anti
Obanilo. A -sixth general, \ asquez, was '
killed in defending t he battery (tower) in
the rear of the whole Mexican army, the
j capture of which gave us those glorious
results.
Our loss, though comparatively small,
in number, has been seiious. Brigadier
General Shields, a commander of activiiv,
zeal, and talent, is, 1 fear, if not dead,
mortally wounded, lie is some five miles
from me at the moment. The field of
operations covered many miles, broken
i by monn'ains and deep chasms, and [ have
; not a report, as yet, from any division or
brigade. Twiggs’s division, followed by
■ Shields’s (now Col. Baker’s) brigade, are
| now at, or near Xalapa, and Worth’s
I division fs in route thither, all pursuing,
j with good results, as I learn, that part of
, the Mexican army—perhaps, six or seven
I thousand men, who fled before our right
i had carried the tower, nnd gained the
Xalapa road. Pillow’s brigade alone, is
: near me at this depot of wounded, sick,
j and prisoners, and I have time only to
give from him the names of 1 st Lieutenant
P . B. Nelson, and 2d C. G. Gill, both of
the 2d Tennessee loot (Haskell’s regi
ment) among (be killed, and in the brigade
106. of all ranks, killed or wounded.
Among (he latter, the gallant brigadier
genera! himselfhas a smart wound in (be
arm, but not disabled, and Major R,
Farqueson,2d Tennessee; Captain 11. F.
Murry, 2d Lieutenant G. T. Sutherland.
Ist Lieutenant W. P. Male (adjutant) all
of rhe same regiment, severely, and Ist
Lieutenant W. Year wood, mortally
wounded. And I know, from personal
obsen a ion on the ground, that Ist Lieut.
FiWell, of the rifles, if not now dead, was
i mortally wounded, in entering, sword in
! band, the entrenchments around the cap
! tured towe t * J Second Lieut. Derby, to
pograpbical engineers, 1 also saw, at the
same lime, severely wounded, and Cap
tain Petten, 2d United States infantry, ■
lost bis right hand. Major Sumner, 2d
U. States dragoons, was slightly wounded
the day before, and Capt. Johnston, topo
graphical engineers (now lieutenant col- j
onel of infantry) was very severely |
wounded some days eailier while reeon- :
nnitering. 1 must not omit r to add that
' • . j
Captain Mason and 2d Lieutenant Davis, j
both of the rifles, were among the very
severely wounded in storming the same |
fow'er. I estimate our total loss, in killed ;
and wounded, may he about 250, and that
| of the enemy 350. In the pursuit towards |
j Xalapa (25 miles hence)! learn we have j
! added much to the enevy’sloss in prison- i
| oners, killed, and wounded. In fact, I
i suppose ins retreating army to be nearly
! disorganized and t hence my baste to fol
| low, in an hour or I wo, to profit by events.
In Uds hurried and imperfect report I
must not omit to say that Brigadier Gen.
Twiggs, in passing the mountain range
beyond Cerro Gordo, crowned with the
tower, detached from bis division, as I
suggested the day before, a strong force
to carry that height, which commanded
the Xalapa road at the foot; and could not
fail, if carried, to cut off the w hole, or
any part of the enerrly’s forfeits from a
retreat in any direction. A portion of the
Ist artillery, under the often-distinguish
ed Brevet Colonel Childs, the 3d infantry!
under Captain Alexander, the Tilt infan.
try. under Lieutenant Colonel Ply niton,
and the rifles, under Major Loring, all
under the temporary|command of Colonel
Harney, 2d dragoons, during the con
finement to his bed of Brevet Brigadier
General P. F. Smith, composed that de
tachmenf. The style of execution, which
I had the pleasure to witness, was mn>t
brilliant and decisive. The brigade
ascended the long and difficult slope of
Cerro Gordo without shelter, and under
tremendous fire ofaniilery and musketry
with the utmost steadiness, reached the
breastworks, drove the enemy from them,
planted the colors of the Ist artillery, 2d
and 7th infantry—the enemy’s flag still
flying—and, after some minutes of sharp
firing, finished the conquest with the
bayonet.
It is a most pleasing duty to say that
the highest praise is due to Harney,
Childs, Plymton, Loring Alexander, their
gallant officers and men, for this brilliant
service, independent of the gieat result
which soon followed.
Worth's division of regulars coming
rtp at this time,he detached Brevet Lieu
tenant Colonel C. F. Smith, with his
light batailion, to support the assault, but
not in time. The General, reaching the
tower a few minutes before me, and ob
serving a white flag displayed from the
nearest portion of the enemy towards the
batteries below, sent out Colonels Har
ney and Childs to hold a parley. The
surrender followed in a hour or two.
Major General Patterson left a sick
bed to share in the dangers and fatigues
of the dav; and after the surrender went
forward to command the advanced forces
towards Xalapa.
Brigadier General Pillow and his
brigade, twice assaulted with great dar
ing the enemy’s line of batteries on our
left; and though without success, they
contributed much to distract and dismay
their immediate opponents.
President Santa Anna, with Generals
Canalize and Almonte, and some six or
eight thousand men, escaped towards
Xulapa just before Cerro Gordo was car
ried, and before Twiggs’s division reach
ed the national road above.
I have determined to parole the prison
ers—officers and men—as I have not
the means of feeding them here, beyond
to day, and cannot afford to detach a
heavy dody of horse and loot, with wa
gons, to accompany them to Vera Cruz.
fmm ■■■aMjßWgttgwgqgggß mmm uwm m m I m —m »
Our baggage train, though increasing, is
not yet half large enough to give an as
sured,progress to this army. Besides, a
greater number of prisoners w ould,proba
bly,escape from the escort in the long and
deep sandy road, without subsistence—
ten to one—that we shall find again, out
of the same body of men. in the ranks op
posed tons. Not one of the Vera Crux
prisoners is belived to have been in the
lines of Cerro Cordo. Some six of the
officers,highest in rank,refuse to give their
paroles, except to go to Vera Cruz, and
thence, perhaps, to the United States.
The small arms and their accoutre
ments. being of no value to our armv here
; r
or at home, I have ordered them to he
destroyed; for we have not the means of
transporting them. I am, also, some
what embarrassed with the pieces of
artillery—all bronze—which we have
captured. It would take a brigade, and
half the mules of this armv, to trans
port them fifty miles. A field battery 1
shall take for service with the army; but
the heavy metal must be collected, and
left here for the present. We have our
own seige train and the proper carriages
with us.
Being much occupied with the prison
ers, and all the details of a forward
movement, besides looking to the supplies
which are to follow from Vera Cruz, I
have time to acid no more—intending to
be at Xalapa early to-morrow. We shall
nog probably, again meet with serious
opposition this side of Berote—certainly
not,’unless delayed by the want ofthe
means of transportation.
1 have the honor to remain, sir, with i
hi-rfi respect, your obedient servant.
WINFIELD SCO TT.
P. S. I invite attention to the accom
pany ing letter to President Santa Anna,
taken in his carriage yesterday; also to
his proclamation, issued on hearing that
we had captured Vera Cruz, A:c., in
which he says: *‘K the enemy advance
one step more, the national indepi'n lence
will he buried in the abyss of the past.”
We have taken that step. W. S.
I make a second postcript, to sav that
■ there is some hope, I am happy to learn,
that Gen. Shields may servive Ins
wounds.
One of ihe principal motives for parol-
I ing the prisoners of war is, to diminish
| the resistance of other garrisons in our
i march. W. S.
i Hon. Wm. L. Marcy, Secretary of War.
FURTHER FOREIGN EXTRACTS.
Uinucr lo Copi. F«ibm, of the I’rigalc
J amcstovvii.
The citizens ofCork, on the 1 Hrli ulf.,
| rave a public dinner to Capt R. Forbes,
I and Capt. Powell, of the U. ship
! Jamestown, as an expression of gratitude
for the aid so rendered by
tbcm<elves and their. follow countryman,
in behalf of the suffering Irish. 'Pile
dinner was served at Kilmurry’s Naval
an ! .Military Hotel, Cove. A bout seven
tv gentlemen sat down to the entertain
ment; Dr. Maurice Power, J. P., presid
ing. After the cloth was removed, let
ters ofapologV were read frovri several
gentlemen who were unable to attend.— i
The first mast was “The Queen,” and j
the second, “Prince Albert.” The j
chariman then gave, ‘-The Lord Lieu |
; tenant, and Prospeiity to Old Ireland,”!
which was enthusiastically cheered.—
The remarks with which he accompanied
it are as fol lows:
If, gentlemen, we open the page of his
tory and scan the actions and motives of
the men who figured therein, we shall
find for the most part that they have at
tained an unenviable renown by ike
spilling of blood, and the on
the rights of tliei r country and their
kind, (hear, bear.) In America alone in
modern times can we look for the ex
ample of pure, generous and disinterest
led virtue (hear, hear.) Washington,
! after his victories, retired to his farm on
the hanks of the Potomac, first having
established his country on her present
firm, and I trust, imperishable basis,
(cheers;) and it is not too much for me to
say that our honored guest oftbe evening,
Capt. Forbes, has added another laurel
to grace and encircle the brows of Co.
lutnbia (loud cheers.) Let it not be said
that I am offering the incense ol flattery,
or that lam now instituting an unworthy
comparison, (hear, hear ) No, for if I
have read the character of great men
aright, I feel that great man, if here,
would acknowledge and recognize the
portrait, for his heart was ever with the
virtuous and the good, and though first in
the mighty ranks of war, his ( Vasbing
ton’s chief delight lay in the cultivation
of the arts of peace, and in the practice of
deeds of mercy, (hear, hear, and cheers.)
To me, gentlemen, w ho have spent my
youth and early days of manhood in that
country, a country to which I am hound
by the strongest, the holiest ties, (bear,
hear.)coniiected also with a family whose
name is written in the brightest page of
that country’s history—he scenes of
Tuesday last were of the most pleasing
and gratifying description (hear, hear.)
You, gentlemen, must have witnessed the
enthusiasm which prevailed on the oc
casion, when the good ship moved slowly
and majestically across the broad expanse
of our glittering wa’ers, when the tear
drop of joy trembled in the eye of many
—for joy, i'ke pity, melts the heart to tea rs
(hear.) Yes, you must have seen the
tear glistening in the eye of many a thous
and whose parching tongues hailed with
joy, and exclaimed with heartfelt evacua
tion, “May God bless America”[cheerss)
And how shall 1 speak ofthe occurrences
of the night—tlie night when bonfires
blazed from every hill; when a thousand
lamps made the face of night look beaut i
ful and brillant, whilst “Fairy like music”
stole across the whispering w aters, which
murmured and rippled joyfully in the
beam of light, as if conscious of the pre
cious burthen they bore on their brighten
ed bosom (cheering. )Cap(ain Forbes, you
indeed have accomplished a great and
glorious mission; you have added new
glorv to the land of your birth—the land
of Washington and Fianklin (loud
cheers.) Sir, you have erected a monu
ment of your virtues more lasting than
brass, for already vour name is engraved
on the grateful hearts of eight millions of
entliusasticand truly grateful people (loud
cheers.) Ages of Irishmen yet unborn
shall yet pronounce with reverence and
respect your honored name, —"'■Semper
honos nomenque tuum , laudesqemanebunt”
(lou 1 cheers.) Gentlemen, I would here
willingly bring to a close these remarks,
but that I feel there is still a meed of
gratitude due to Massachusetts, as also to
the government of the United States, for
having supplied us, the former with a
cargo, the latter with a ship to bring it—
Captain Forbes—it was the people of
New England supplied the cargo.
The Chairman—To those who know
the history and character of the people
of New' England, their conduct on the ,
present occasion, however it may excite
our gratitude and admiration, cannot
certainly call forth onr wonder, (hear
bear.) From their first settlement in
America, from the period that their pil
grim fathers were driven bv persecution
from their altars and homesteads to form
an asylum ol liberty among the savage
beasts, and the still more savage Indians,
their history from that period lo the pres
ent is one of self sacrifice, of ebaritv, of
mercy and of love; and if, as I believe,
the course of human events is directed
by an Omnipotent hand, what spot so sa
cred, what habitable corner oftbe globe
so hallowed or filled to become the birth
place of young Liberty, as that spot
where Hancock and Adams received into
their glowing arms the lovely and Heaven
born daughter whose cradle was rocked,
and where health and maturity were
imparted her by the victorious achieve
ments of the immortal Washington (loud
cheers.) Wi;h regard to the government
of the U. S. I will only say that, it in
ordinary times they had placed at the j
disposal of the country vessels of war, it j
would be sufficient to challenge our ad- {
miration (bear, hear, hear.)
But when we see them engaged in a
bloody and protracted struggle with an
adverse power, and at the same lime
placing two of iheir vessels at the disposal
of native citizens to convey to us the gen
erals offering of the American people,
/our admiration must indeed be changed
into something of wonder and amazement
(hear, bear.) Acts such as these are die
strongest bonds of amity and peace. Acts
such as these are the safest treaties hv
which nations can be bound (hear.)
They are treaties formed in the swnpa
tides and affections ofthe people, in the
good and amiable qualities ofthe human
heart, and not based, as they generally
are, upon crocked policy of selfish in
terests (cheers.) If the tyrants by whom
the world is infasted, should ever at any
period league against Ameiica and her
free institutions, it will he some consola
i tion lb them to know that w herever there
| lives an Irishman, wherever a free heart
I heats or a virtuous mind operates, that
j there America will have an unfailing
! all v, an inalienable ft lend (loud cheers )
Yes, we will pray that no pestilential
breath shall ever bare the fertile plains
or blight her abundant crops (cheers.)
That no foreign foe shall ever pollute her
shores of freedom, or domestic enemv
rend asunder the un : on in which site
now reposes and shall continue to rep s 1
! (cheers.) Yes, we will pray that her
commerce may continue to vex every
sea, and her fleets fill every harbor;
whilst over her ‘happy homes ami free
altars’ the star spangled banner shall
continue proudly to wave through ages
to come, the terror of the oppressor, and
the hope of the oppressed (loud cheers.)
Gentlemen, I give you the health ofonr
distinguished guest, Captain Forbes, and
the country of which he is so worthy a
representative. [The toast was drunk
with deafening acclamations, nine times
nine and one cheer more.]
Captain Forbes made a reply, in the
course of which he gave a history of the
circumstances connected with the filling
out of the Jamestown, and his connexion
with her as commander, and read a num
ber of letters, &c., bcaiing upon the sub.
ject.
AUGUSTA Mi E0„ '
THURSDAY MORNING, MAY 13, 1817.
% ______
{KrOenllemen wishing to subscribe for the Din
ner to be given on Monday, the 17th, to the Hon.
D.uiiel Webster, will please call at the Constitu*
tionalistaml Chronicle <fe Sentinel offices, where
they will find subscription lists open.
are promised a communication for our
paper, from a competent pen, which will show
most conclusively the injustice which an impres
sion upon the minds of a saw persons, does to
Luther, the Jockey ol Columbus, in the recen
trotting race. This impression is, that he attempt
ed and wished to throw away the race. We are
entirely satisfied, after full inquiry, that it does
pross injustice to Luther, and that no such inten
tion existed or was contemplated by him, or any
one concerned. The whole circumstance* of the
case, which will be hereafter detailed, disprove it.
We state this in advance from a desire to see faHr
play, to an humble individual who is dependent
on his good character for his livelihood.
0“Two immense sums of money have
been devised in England to persons in this
country. The first is the famous Townley
estate, in the division of which it is believed
that the family of the I.awrences, in New
York,will ultimately obtain over $25,000,000.
The other is a windfall, amounting to $20,-
000,000, which is said to be inherited by a
gentleman In New Castle* Maine, of the
name of Jennings.
The Trotting Match.
We inadvertently omitted in our notice of the
trotting match which came off on Tuesday, to
mention the name of the opponent of Columbus, at
also a recapitulation of the final result. It was at
follows:
Mr. T. W. Beale’s hr. h. Columbus, 12 1
.Mr. 11. Mongin’s hi. m. Dutchess, - 212
Tune—lst heat, 2.59; 2d, 2 42; 3d, 2 41.
Napoleon and his Marshals.
The publishers, Scrib.N'Ek & Baker, A f «K>
York, have sent us through C. E. GkEnyillb,
the above elegant work, in two volumes, deuodc
cinm, by J. T. Headly.
It is beautifully printed, with twelve fine plate*
of Napoleon and his world-renowned Marshal*.
The best proof of the popularity of the work i*
the fact that it has reached the ninth edition.—
The great admiration that it has excited in the
reading public has quite alarmed some over sen
sitive moralists, who apprehend that the brilliant
style—the glowing enthusiasm and high w rought
description which characterize the work may
stimulate too highly the love of military glory.
The lovers of peace fear that it may foster the
spirit of war, by facinating the imagination with
its thrilling sketches of battle and of siege. The
t full force of the objection, however, may be re
solved into this, that the author lias portrayed,
with a power which renders history more in
tensely exciting than romance, some of the most
noted passages in the history of our race. The
fear that martial heroes might have imitator*, and
decoy the youthful from the quiet tastes of peace
ful life, should not silence the pen oi the histo
rian. Nor is it a valid objection that Ihe author,
in his style of performing his task, has robbed
romantic fictions of its charms to deck therewith
the sober garb of history,
The Hail Hoad Convention.
This assembly adjourned yesterday after an in
teresting session, the results of which will in duo
time be given to the public. It was the occasion of
bringing together many of the most respectable and
intelligent citizens of our State. The report* to
their body exhibit a very prosperous condition of
their company. Our city has been very much en-
I livened for the last two days by the presence of an
unusually lar e concourse of visitors. Many left
last evening in the cars, and many more return by
the spec ial train of this morning. The Pic Nic of
Tuesday evening was a very brilliant affair. Tho
number of the fair daughters of Georgia was great
er than had ever before been seen here on a «imi
lar occasion. The City Hall was illuminated, and
the display of lamps above the circular platform
was only rivalled by the bright eyes and dazzling
charms of the ladies. Nearly the whole town wn*
congregated there, either as participants or spec
tators of the dance. The w hole affair w ent off
with considerable eclat.
Dr. ISaviUon's last Lecture.
the electricity of the human body.
The public will perceive by it is Card, in
this morning’s paper, that Dr. Boynton makes
his last appearance litis evening before an
Augusta audience. The subject is one of
surpassing interest—the most attractive, wo
think, in his course. It is of a nature lo en
li-t the earnest attention of every one. and ia
so simplified by the clear style and happy
power of illustration of the lecturer, that tho
most superficial mind cannot fail to compre
hend the whole theory. Dr. B. ha» given
great satisfaction to the highly intelligent
audiences that, ha e each night greeted him.
We hope his last evening will be equally suc
cess! ul.
Democratic Convention to Nominate a
Cmiditlair Tor Gorcrnor, to be hfltl in
-Tlillctljjcrllle, on the 4iit ITlouduy in
June, IS4Y.
The Milledgeville Federal Union of the
11th inst. says—“We are requested to state
that in consequence of the absence of (he
Chairman of the Central Committee of the
Democratic party, letters addressed to him
by some of its members, with reference to
fixing the day for the were not
received til some time after their date. Wo
are also requested by several of the members
of that Committee who were in this city la-t
week, to say that they deem it now 100 lato
to carry out the suggestion of tiie Athens
Banner, and that they concur in the day
heretofore designated, to wit: the 4th Mon
day in June. It is of course, expected as
heretofore, that each county will have the
number of delegates, to which she was enti
tled before the arrangement of the Senatorial
districts.”
Killed and Wounded at C'r.rro Gordo.
The New Orleans Picayune of the 7lh instant,
gives a list of the kill© 1, wounded and missing in
the above battle, from which we compile the fol
lowing table. The first brigade was commanded
by Col. Harney, 2d Dragoons; the 2d by Brev. Col,
B. Riley, 2d Infantry; and the 3d Brigade of Vol
unteers, by Brig. Gen. Shields:
Officers. Rank and File.
K’d. WM. K’d. W’d. M'g.
Ist Brigade, 8 j 28 149 I
2d Brigade, 4:1 10 42 I
3d Brigade, 17 3 48
Lt. Co. Kv. Ist Art. | 2
R« cket &. Howitzer, 1 j 1
Detachment, 11 11 I
Total, l| 21 1 421 243 3
The officers wounded in the Ist Brigade were
Maj. E. V. Sumner, 2d Dragoons, com’g Rifles;
Capt. S. T. Mason, Rifles, severely, Ist Lt. Thos.
dwell, Rifles, mortally; 2d Lt. Thos. Davis, Ri
-1 fles, dangerously; 2d Lt. George McLean, Rifles;
Brev. 2d Lt. Dabney 11. Maury, Rifles, severely;
Brev. 2d Lt. Alfred Gibbs, Rifles, slightly; Ist Lt.
N. J.T. Dana, 7th Infantry, severely.
2d Brigade. —Capt. Geo. W. Patton, 2d Infantry,
severely; 2d Lieut, ("has. E. Jarvis,2d Inf., slight
ly; 2d Lieut. J. N. Ward, 3d Inf., severely; 2d Lt.
B. E. Bee, 3d Inf., slightly.
3d Brigade. —Brig. Gen. James Shields, U S. V.
dangerously—(thought will recover); Capt. Pear
son. N. Y. V. slightly; Ist Lt. Richard Murphy,
4ih Ill’s, mortally—(since dead); Ist Lt. Robert C.
Scott, 4th Ill’s, severely; 2d Lt. S. J. Johnson, 4th
Hi’s, dangerously; 2d Lt. Andrew Froman, 4th
Ill’s, slightly; 2d Lt. Charles Mallby, 4ih Ill’s,
slightly.
Hail Storm.
The hail storm noticed in our paper of
Sunday last, as having fallen in this city on
Saturday evening, was also experienced in
Cobh and Chatham counties, the extreme* of
the State. The Marietta Advocate says,
■ that it done considerable injury lo the crop
in that section.